A Jack of Hearts playing card shot through the heart, signed J.W. Hardin in the bottom right hand margin and for Mr. Ford in the bottom left hand margin along with 3 words I cannot read. The handful of other known examples, estimated to be between 6-17 appear to be from the same deck. The gunslinger was part owner of the bar and gambling venue and he reportedly signed these cards for patrons as a souvenir of a shooting demonstration he put on for the Fourth of July...

Published in 2007 by the Institute, this heavy soft cover edition features some 300 works of art in full color. Like new. 328pp.

A complete two volume set published by Harper and Brothers, New York in 1894. The gilt top pages are uncut and there is a frontispiece with each volume. The dark blue cloth boards show some wear especially at the corners.

Group lot of Vintage Liquor labels , some soda labels also , age unknown collected in the 80s largest 5" by 3.5" sold asis

Fine antique copper engraving map of Asia from the eastern Mediterranean to the western Pacific, with hand coloring, by Dutch cartographers Gerardo and Leonardo Valk, circa 1710. The map measures 20" by 24" and is laid down to a board as is often seen. Margins are adequate...

An excellent and absolutely essential pictorial reference book for anybody interested in Burmese wares. From lacquerware to carved statuary to offering vessels of all kinds, this book has over 180 excellent full color photos of all things Burmese. In our candid opinion, it's not enough of a reason to purchase an antique merely for the sake of a free book, but any client already seriously contemplating a purchase can enjoy this as a free extra...

Porcelains, bronzes, decorative arts, furniture, glass etc. No price list. Light wear on the cover. 284 lots.

The size of Skier w/stone: 3 3/8"L x 2"W x 2 1/2"H, This is nice looking pewter skier in the detail. Skier is attached on White crystal form stones. It is not sprayed white form rather natural stone. The weight is 3 3/4oz/110 grams. It is made by Comstock Creations, Durango, Co. who is famous of pewter works. I have purchased the group of items in 1988 never offered in the public. It came in original box. Great Christmas vintage gift item. The condition excellent. It never been displayed...

New definitive issue of stamps, QE II, 12th June 1973

Published by Gibbs Smith in 1998, this is the revised edition of the original, published in 1993. This edition is the preferred one, with additional text and photos, including a chronology of events, commissions and exhibitions. The book is richly illustrated with 348 images included, most in full color, with a total of 296 pages. Large size, it measures 12 1/4" x 11 1/8" and retains the original dust jacket. The dark brown cloth cover is embossed with copper colored letters...

Published by Filipacchi in 2004, a large coffee table book with full page color photos.The jacket shows very light wear; the book itself is in excellent condition. 215pp.

An albumen photograph of campers on the shore of Loch Hourn with their boat anchored off-shore and misty hills on the far side of the Loch. Loch Hourn is a sea loch. The campsite looks a little messy, though the tent looks good and the four men well dressed and fed. 7 ¼ x 11 3/8 inches (18.5 x 29 cm), with a 14 x 17 inch (35.7 x 43.3 cm) mat. Attached to backboard with T mount at the top and clear photo corners at the bottom...

A oversized coffee table book with dust jacket and plastic wrapper published in 1979 by Mayflower(New York). Text by Roni Neuer and Herbert Libertson. A personal stamp is on the front fly leaf. The book features 377 full page colored plates. Slight musty odor.No script. 390pp.

c. 1913.

Good silver coin circa 900-1000CE from the ancient Burmese, Pyu Kingdom of Bekthano. The dating of these old coins are all over the place on online resources. Please view last enlargement for a published reference (this is the closest thing I can find to it)~ The Early Coins of Myanmar (Burma), pg 114, 56a. This has a classic rising sun obverse pattern with Srivatsa symbol on reverse. Diameter: 30mm and weight : 10 grams.. Free shipping.

Taylor Publishing 1992.The cover shows light wear, the price is clipped and there is an inscription on the front free paper. The book itself is in mint condition.

A beautiful limited reference book containing the collection of the Baur Museum in Geneva, Switzerland of "Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Metalwork", written by Basil William Robinson (former in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London). Hardback with 444 pages, 752 illustrations (several in color), section with signatures. Cloth with dustjacket, printed 1980 in a limited numbered edition of 1600, this is No. 52. Condition: fine. Dimension: c. 28.8 cm x 24 cm x 5.1 cm, 3 kg.

An albumen photograph of five women, with knitting, seated on the ground and two girls standing behind them against a stone wall or side of a cottage. George Washington Wilson (Scottish, 1823-1893) was already a successful photographer with a large business in Aberdeen when he made a photographic journey to the Outer Hebrides in 1885. This photograph is titled in the bottom center of the negative, “Maids and Matrons St. Kilda.” with the number 6196 and the photographers initials G.W.W...